In pictures: Narendra Modi opens Ahmedabad’s National book fair
At Navbharat Sahitya Mandir’s stall, Chief Minister Narendra Modi picked up Rashmi Bansal’s Gujarati (translated) title ‘Khabhe kothlo ne desh moklo’. This book is about IIM-Ahmedabad entrepreneurs
Ahmedabad, 1 May 2012
Chief Minister Narendra Modi today described Gujarati people’s quest for knowledge as convergence of their veneration for Goddess of Learning ‘Saraswati’ and Goddess of Money ‘Lakshmi’.
Inaugurating Ahmedabad’s National Book Fair under on the Sabarmati Riverfront here in presence of a galaxy of literary glitterati on the occasion of Gujarat’s 52nd Foundation Day, he said that campaigns like ‘Vanche Gujarat’ for inculcating a habit of reading has created hunger for more knowledge among the six-crore Gujaratis. Book fairs quench that thirst. They serve as confluence of culture, customs and civility with a flair for literature. They establish a link between the litterateurs and readers.
Greeting people on the 52nd Foundation Day of the State, Mr. Modi said that people of Gujarat now feel proud that the state has established its identity in the world over the last ten years, irrespective of whether one likes the state’s going global or not.
Mr. Modi said that every house should have a ‘temple’ stacked with books. Culture flows in a family that reads books. He said that books are like seeds that grow into trees of ideas, bloom as flowers of imagination and as fruits of hope.
Mr. Modi spent about 30 minutes going round the stalls set up by about 200 state, national and international level publishers at the weeklong fair jointly organized by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and National Book Trust.
He released a book on ‘Architectural Heritage of Gujarat’ published by Gujarat Government’s Information Department.
Amedabad Mayor Asit Vora, welcoming the guests, said the seeds of this national book fair being held for the first time in the city were sown by the Chief Minister’s ‘Vanche Gujarat’ campaign.
National Book Trust Chairman M. A. Sikander expressed satisfaction at staging this book fair in Ahmedabad.
Those present on the occasion included Ministers of State Pradipsinh Jadeja and Ranjitbhai Gilitwala, MP Dr Kirit Solanki, MLAs of Ahmedabad, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited Chairman Kamlesh Patel and officers of the municipal corporation.
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I saw first CM in my life who is carrying Books in his Hands……
Mera Bharat Mahan
The book is titled ‘Architectural Heritage of Gujarat: Interpretation, Appreciation and Values’ authored by Miki Desai and Madhavi Desai and based on their research and documentation of past couple of decades. Miki Desai is an avid documentor of Indian Architecture since 1970′s. The book is written in four sections addressing four genre: The Vernacular, Medieval, Colonial and the Modern.It is a well-illustrated book with photographs and drawings that illustrate the depth of architectural heritage and the cultural nuances of the region. Miki Desai has research interests in vernacular and colonial architecture of India and Madhavi Desai’s research has focused on colonial architecture of India as well as gender and the built environment.